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Write down difference between Software and Hardware.

The main difference between hardware and software are as follows:

Hardware

• Physical parts of the computer are called hardware.
• You can touch, see and feel hardware.
• Hardware is constructed using physical materials or components.

Software

• A set of instructions given to the computer is called software.
• You cannot touch and feel software.
• Software is developed by writing instructions in programming language.